LUCKNOW: Police say that a British woman has been injured after she jumped from the balcony of her hotel room in the tourist city of Agra in order to escape a sexual assault. Police official Manish Sisodia says woman jumped out of her third floor room early Tuesday after a man forced his way into her room. She fractured her leg. No other details were available. The attack comes days after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in central India. Six men have been arrested in that attack. India has seen anger and public protests against rapes and sexual attacks on women since the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in December.

BAGHDAD: A spate of attacks in Baghdad and central Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 50 people and left 171 wounded, security and medical officials said, updating an earlier toll.
There were 20 explosions and several gun attacks most of them striking in Baghdad's north and east.
The overall death toll was the highest in Iraq in six months, according to an AFP tally. (AFP)